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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1904
Page
2
Advertisement lists mail rates and classifications for La Grande Oregon. It shows prices: $650 for annual, $350 for six months, $0.65 per issue, and notes Second Class Mail Matter with daily publication except Sunday. The date on the notice is Monday evening December 19, 1904.
Treasury statistics highlight Secretary Hay’s stance on war limits and China neutrality. US cotton cloth exports to China rose from 9.07 million yards in October 1903 to 43.34 million in October 1904. Mineral oil exports surged to 6.48 million dollars for ten months ending Oct 1904, from 1.83 million in the prior year.
The fiscal year ending June 30 1904 reports imports from China at 23 993 324 dollars up from 15 357 255 in 1894 while exports rise, signaling a healthier balance. With ongoing economic and pacific policies trade growth is expected to accelerate further.
A new bank to operate 24 hours daily with three shifts seeks to extend banking hours for modern business and social life. Safe deposit vaults, motto The Open Door, and founders include Thomas B Clarke, Harry Payne Whitney, Clarence H Mackay, and W K Vanderbilt Jr with capital stock of 250000 dollars.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow proposes a parcels post to help local retailers. Packages mailed from the rural route start office may go three cents per pound up to five pounds, with a special local rural delivery label required. The move is seen as giving country merchants an edge over mail-order houses.
A quarter of a million dollars worth of statuary will be moved from St Louis to the Portland exposition grounds. The shipment includes some of the Tiffany pieces shown at the world's fair. Other St Louis features will be relocated to attract visitors to the Webfoot metropolis.
Several locations in the city will receive checks to be watched for the coming days. Some individuals may delay in recommending strangers with brothers in the east or checks drawn by people in foreign ports.
Notice states funds on hand to pay outstanding warrants in the General Fund of La Grande City up to No 4026 endorsed April 1902. Interest on warrants No 3340 to No 4026 ceases from this date. EJ Walsh City Treasurer December 9, 1904.
Baxter Springs druggist MraAR Kane touts Chamberlain's Stomiah and Liver Tablets as the most superior constipation remedy. Kane asserts the medicine is sure in action and free from nausea or griping, recommending it for general stomach and liver relief.
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